Current Identification
of Schools for Title I School Improvement, Improving Americas Schools Act of
1994

The U.S. Department of
Education has approved a process for identifying schools for Title I School
Improvement that is fully correlated to the Virginia Board of Educations Regulations Establishing
Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia (SOA).A Title I School Improvement school,
therefore, is defined as any Title I school accredited with warning in any
subject or combination of subjects based on the spring 2001 results of the
Standards of Learning tests. (Schools identified based on spring 2000 and
spring 2001 results will be recorded as two-year Title I School Improvement
schools.)

Title I School Improvement schools of highest priority for
special technical assistance or funding opportunities from the Office of
Compensatory Programs will be those accredited with warning in English and math and in English or math. (These
schools may also be accredited with warning in history and/or science.) Among
these schools, highest priority will be given to schools that are farthest from
attaining the states standards in English and
math, then English, then math.Superintendents will be notified of special technical assistance or
grant opportunities through future superintendents memoranda.

Questions
regarding identification of schools for Title I School Improvement should be
directed to Brenda Spencer, Title I specialist, at (804) 371-6201 or mailto:
spencer8@pen.k12.va.us.